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Article: NYC, Before the Dawn.('The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York')(Review)
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- September 17, 2001
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The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York, by Vincent J. Cannato (Basic Books, 702 pp., $35)
Twenty-eight years after he departed Gracie Mansion, John Lindsay is all but forgotten. Other than a single sad stab at a Senate race in 1980, the man who had served for eight tumultuous years as mayor of New York City quickly sank into obscurity to a degree shocking for a man who had once been one of the nation's most famous and glamorous politicians. You might almost consider Lindsay the political equivalent of a lava lamp or a Suzy Homemaker oven-a curio from the 1960s that now sells for a few bucks on eBay.
When he died last year ...